Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 88: Urban Warfare
"Morning Glory Street is under attack by the Headhunters. Are there any civilians here who need to be evacuated... Requesting support! Requesting support!"
A sound-raising fruit was crushed . When the fruit exploded and emitted sound waves, the patrolman immediately called for help. The sound was continuously amplified in the spreading sound waves and then steadily spread outward.
There were two companions beside this royal patrolman, and they were standing together at the door of a shop, forming a triangular defensive formation. The first one held a rattan shield and a rapier with defensive spells, and the second two opened their bows and aimed outside.
On the road outside the store, five Scythes hovered close to the road, using their sturdy and sharp sickle feet to block in front, and then evaded the aiming of the patrolmen's bows and arrows by moving quickly and slightly. More than a dozen hunters had already dismounted from the Scythes, and they also adopted a formation of front shield and back bow to surround the three patrolmen in the store.
There were many corpses on the road, most of them were hunters, but there were also forest elf civilians and a few royal court patrolmen.
An owl fell from the sky, and a Scyther stepped forward and pierced the injured owl.
The Royal Court patrolmen in the shop showed angry eyes. The owl was their partner and their other eye. The dead owl was their last one. Losing the eagle eye made them lose their perception of the overall situation.
The patrolmen did not rush out in anger, as there were more than a dozen civilians in the corner of the shop behind them.
If they rush out, not only will the three of them die, but these elves will also be killed by the headhunters.
I don’t know if the distress signal will bring reinforcements.
The young patrolman swung the rapier in his hand, and the activated enchantment made the blade glow green. Then he said to his companions behind him: "We must hold on. Emerald Lake will definitely come to rescue us."
"Yes, captain." The two patrolmen answered together.
"Woof!" The last hound also barked. There was a shocking wound on its body, but it still lay at its owner's feet, waiting for the order to attack.
The hunters outside began to tighten the encirclement. Behind them, there were two hunter mages jumping around and chanting spells, and there were also arcs of light refraction caused by the movements of the stealth.
"Prepare for battle." The patrol captain whispered, with the sound of a child crying in his ears.
Green light attached to the arrow's tip, and the entire alchemical arrow vibrated violently due to the activation of magic. The archer held the bow steadily and aimed at the hunters who were approaching step by step.
Just as the patrolmen were preparing to fight to the death, a rain of arrows poured down from the side. The hunters facing the store were caught off guard by this attack and most of them were shot down in an instant.
Without giving the hunters time to reorganize, a five-man patrol team descended from the sky. Their strength was obviously higher than that of ordinary patrol soldiers, and they used swords and arrows to quickly and efficiently eliminate the remaining hunters.
"It's the Emerald Lake Guard!" The young patrolman recognized the uniforms of this patrol team. He excitedly shouted to the civilians in the room: "King Sanye sent out his most elite patrolmen. We are saved!"
Outside, four members of the Emerald Lake Guard formed a defensive formation, and hounds rushed out to break the necks of those hunters who were not yet dead. The leader was a female elf. She sheathed her rapier and walked over to the royal court patrol soldiers and asked, "We received your signal. How many civilians are here?"
"Beautiful red-haired lady, thank you and your companions for rescuing us, saving us from being killed and beheaded. There are sixteen forest elves and three humans here, including three cute and crying children, and four elves are injured and unable to move.
May I know your name? When the war is over, I will bring the most beautiful fairy flowers blooming in the morning..."
The red-haired elf stopped the patrolman from continuing, "Now is a war time, don't waste precious time with words. This block is the main air assault area of the headhunters, you must immediately protect these civilians and move them to Pelican Square, where the Emerald Lake Guard has established a safe zone.
My soldiers and I will provide cover..."
When the red-haired elf was about to ask the patrol soldiers to evacuate the civilians, a huge explosion sounded behind her. The fighting instinct made the red-haired elf instantly cast magic to prop up a shield for herself, then drew her sword and turned to face outward.
Then he saw his four subordinates being blown far away, and after rolling several times, they lay on the ground, their life or death unknown.
The center of the explosion was surrounded by rising smoke and dust.
The red-haired elf swung out a sword, and an arc-shaped sword light cut through the ground and cut into the smoke.
when!
It seemed to have hit something metal.
The smoke and dust settled, revealing a tall figure inside.
Then a pair of wings spread out behind the figure, and as they flapped, gravel shot towards the elves like bullets.
"It's a hunting angel!" After the red-haired elf saw what he was facing, he immediately shouted to the back: "I will try my best to hold it back, you guys run quickly... Don't look back, as many as you can escape as possible!"
After shouting, the red-haired elf rushed towards the hunting angel. The magic shield shrank and solidified into a small round shield in her left hand, and the rapier in her right hand stabbed out a long sharp edge.
In front of her, the hunting angel's bark-like face was expressionless, and his green eyes glowed. Several thick vines broke through the hard road surface and rose up, twisting and wrapping around the red-haired elf. At the same time, the hunting angel swung a barbed wooden stick, breaking through the air at high speed and making a whistling sound.
The red-haired elf used her body skills to avoid the vines and approached the hunting angel at a very fast speed. Facing the wooden stick coming straight at her, a gust of wind rose under her feet, and her body floated over the wooden stick as light as a leaf. She knocked the top of the wooden stick with her shield, used the force to adjust her posture in the air, and then stabbed the hunting angel's neck with her sword.
However, several sharp leaves flew up from the wingtips of the hunting angel's wings, spinning and slicing at various parts of the red-haired elf's body.
If the red-haired elf continued to attack, she might not be able to kill the hunting angel, but she would definitely die on the sharp blades of the leaves. She had no choice but to flip in the air, dodge the attack through the gaps between the leaves, kick a vine, and do a backflip to avoid the club swung by the hunting angel.
When the assault failed, the red-haired elf lost the initiative and could only barely protect himself from the multiple attacks of the hunting angels.
During this time, three patrolmen quickly covered the civilians carrying the wounded out of the room.
The captain stopped and said to his two subordinates, "You guys go to Pelican Park to protect the civilians. I'll go help the Emerald Lake Guards. They came to save us, and we can't leave them alone."
Facing a hunting angel, without reinforcements, the team leader would almost certainly die, so he chose to stay.
The captain drove his men away, drew his sword, and turned to fight, his hound limping after him.
At this time, the red-haired elf had completely lost the ability to counterattack.
For their ordinary Emerald Lake Guard, even with a full force, they might not be able to deal with a hunting angel, not to mention that they would be the only one left after being attacked by a hunting angel.
Is he going to die?
The red-haired elf was unable to dodge and her foot was hooked by the vines that emerged from the ground. She saw the patrolmen rushing over and shouted loudly: "Don't save me, run!"
A leaf flew over and cut off the red-haired elf's neck. Then a large group of leaves flew over, cutting countless bloody flowers on the elf's body...
The elf patrolmen rushed over madly.
At this moment, the earth shook violently and a huge figure passed over his head.
Is that... a war machine?
No, it's the Steam !
The elf patrolman recognized the steel weapon. He had seen these big guys at the Emerald Harbor dock, but he didn't expect that this seemingly bulky machine could be so flexible.
As the earth shook, steam titans rushed past him one after another. They held huge swords in both hands and easily cut off the blocking vines; the magic projectiles on their shoulders continuously cast powerful magic, using dense firepower to restrict the actions of the hunting angels, and then weakening them with negative magic.
The hunting angel that was showing off its might just now now seemed like a chicken surrounded by a group of eagles. The sharp swirling leaves were all embedded under the steel armor, posing no threat to the driver behind the armor.
Soon, the Hunting Angel was pulled by its wings by two Steam Titans, and then cut in half by another Steam Titan.
The battle is over.
The patrolman walked over to the red-haired elf, knelt down and picked her up. She was covered in blood and had no life left.
A Steam Titan walked up to the patrolman and stopped, with the cockpit door opened: "Sorry, we are late!"
The patrolman looked up and saw a young human wearing the uniform of the Golden Shield Empire with the rank of colonel.
"Sir, can we still win?"
"Of course we can win! As we rushed along, I saw countless elven warriors fighting for their homeland. Many of their warriors died, but the ones who were still alive were still fighting.
Didn't you also charge at the hunting angel alone? "
"But I didn't save her. I didn't even ask her name."
"Patrolman, there are many elves out there waiting for you to rescue. Follow us, most of the Headhunters are too small for us, and we need your help in clearing out those little creatures so we can focus on the Hunting Angels."
The patrolman gently put the red-haired elf down, and he stood up and saluted the human: "Sir, I am Sergeant Ned Cervantes of the Royal Court Patrol Corps. Thank you for your rescue. May I know your name?"
"Colonel Rossetti Owen, the commander of the Steam Titan Training Corps of Raging Waves City. Sergeant Cervantes, I hope you can gather the scattered patrol soldiers along the way to follow us, and work together to drive the headhunters out of the Emerald King's Court."
"I will follow your orders, Colonel Owen..." The patrolman didn't finish his words. He stared up at the sky in a daze, and the light around him dimmed. "What...what is that? Is it a mountain floating in the sky?"
Owen looked up and saw the Kirov airship. The more than 300-meter-long hull was flying at a low altitude, just like a floating mountain.
All the Steam Titans gave the Imperial salute to the Kirov airship.
Owen said proudly: "That is the new super-heavy airship Kirov built by the Empire, and the great Prime Minister of the Empire, Lord Meteor, is on the airship right now.
Patrolman, do you still doubt victory now?
For the elves you love, for the country you protect... Fight!"
Owen sat back in the driving chair, the cockpit closed, and the Steam Titans strode forward along the street.
The patrolman took one last look at the red-haired elf lying on the ground, then turned and chased after the Steam Titan.
The Kirov super-heavy steam airship moved slowly.
Luke stood by the window, looking down at the city caught in battle. Dale stood beside him, her face pale with fear from the tragic battlefield.
"The headhunters have broken in. Are we...are we too late?"
Luke replied, "We are not late! Although it seems that the city is full of headhunters, the outer defense line of the Emerald Court has not been breached. This kind of concentrated air force to carry out airborne operations in the city is essentially a gamble with a low chance of winning. As long as the Emerald Court can withstand the initial pressure, it can eliminate the invading headhunters even without our help, but it will only cost a greater loss."
After hearing Luke's answer, Dale finally felt relieved. At this time, several hunting angels rushed towards the airship, and the airship immediately released a large number of gargoyles to fight back, while at the same time, dense magic was fired from all parts of the airship to block the attackers.
Dale exclaimed in surprise: "Are those angels?"
"Those are hunting angels. A stupid angel was hunted by the headhunters, so they got these things. Don't worry, hunting angels have limited intelligence, and a few of them can't threaten the airship's defense system.
The Steam Titans on the ground have already engaged the Hunting Angels. With the cooperation of the Forest Elves, they will soon be able to repel the Headhunters’ attack.”
At this time, Kaileena hurriedly walked up from the lower bridge.
She held a communicator in her hand and reported to Luke: "Master Prime Minister, Colonel Owen sent a message that the forest elves surrounded a very powerful hunting angel. But they can only seal him in the barrier. The forest elves tried many ways, but they couldn't kill him.
Colonel Owen is mobilizing nearby Steam Titans to launch a strong attack together with the forest elves."
Luke immediately took the communicator from Kaileena: "Colonel Owen, I order the immediate suspension of the assault. That is not the hunting of angels, it is the hunting of King Niltye!"
Owen's voice came from the communicator, ordering the attack to be terminated.
"Tell the elves to stop immediately. They are not hunting angels, but hunting King Niltye! Prime Minister, Prime Minister! We have stopped the action. The hunting king is now sealed in the barrier between four tall buildings. If we don't kill him immediately, the barrier will not last long under his attack.
The forest elves are preparing their magic now, and they may attack individually."
Luke said to Owen: "Tell the forest elves that Niltye is good at spatial skills and can strengthen the spatial interference of the barrier. Their magic may kill Niltye or let him go.
Now we need to cooperate and kill him safely with the least cost.
You go and delay the forest elves, I will come right over."
Without waiting for Owen's reply, Luke said to Kaileena, "Prepare the Magic Titan."
Kailina stood at attention: "Yes, Prime Minister!"
